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200 metres Breaststroke, Women

Date20 – 21 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationSu-yeong-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants43 from 27 countries

The gold medal favorite was East German Silke Hörner who was the 1986 World Champion, the 1987 European Champion, and had set two world records in the event. But in May, at the Canadian trials, Allison Higson broke Hörner’s world record with 2:27.27. She was somewhat of an unknown factor as she had never beaten the East Germans head on, and was only 16th in the world in 1987. In the prelims Hörner confirmed her fitness, leading in 2:27.63, within ½-second of Higson’s world mark, while Higson qualified fourth.

In the final, the pace through 100 metres was set by Bulgarian Tanya Dangalakova, who was recovering from having a baby in June 1987, and having surgery related to it in October 1987. But then Hörner took over, winning in a world record 2:26.71, well ahead of China’s Huang Xiaomin. Dangalakova could not hang on, placing fourth, also behind her teammate Antoaneta Frenkeva, but she would recover and win the 100 breast in a few days, upsetting Hörner. Higson was never a factor in this race, placing seventh.

PosSwimmerNOCR1B FinalFinal
1Silke HörnerGDR2:27.63 (1 h6)2:26.71 (1)Gold
2Huang XiaominCHN2:30.03 (3 h5)2:27.49 (2)Silver
3Antoaneta FrenkevaBUL2:29.57 (1 h4)2:28.34 (3)Bronze
4Tanya DangalakovaBUL2:29.91 (2 h5)2:28.43 (4)
5Yuliya BogachovaURS2:28.94 (1 h5)2:28.54 (5)
6Ingrid LempereurBEL2:30.07 (2 h4)2:29.42 (6)
7Allison HigsonCAN2:29.67 (2 h6)2:29.60 (7)
8Manuela Dalla ValleITA2:30.60 (3 h4)2:29.86 (8)
9Susanne BörnikeGDR2:30.71 (3 h6)2:28.55 (1)
10Svetlana KuzminaURS2:30.93 (4 h4)2:30.03 (2)
11Linda MoesNED2:31.98 (4 h5)2:30.83 (3)
12Annalisa NisiroITA2:32.77 (5 h4)2:31.19 (4)
13Susan RappUSA2:34.21 (5 h6)2:32.90 (5)
14Tracey McFarlaneUSA2:32.11 (4 h6)2:33.46 (6)
15Guylaine CloutierCAN2:34.36 (5 h5)2:33.55 (7)
16Brigitte BecueBEL2:33.13 (1 h3)2:34.10 (8)
17Britta DahmFRG2:35.06 (6 h4)
18Silvia PareraESP2:35.57 (2 h3)
19Yoshie NishiokaJPN2:35.81 (6 h6)
20Suki BrownsdonGBR2:36.14 (7 h4)
21Kornelia StawickaPOL2:36.86 (6 h5)
22Virginie BojarynFRA2:37.38 (7 h6)
23Hiroko NagasakiJPN2:37.44 (7 h5)
24Karen HorningPER2:37.84 (1 h2)
25Pia SørensenDEN2:38.49 (8 h5)
26Pascaline LouvrierFRA2:38.75 (8 h4)
27Ragnheiður RunólfsdóttirISL2:39.10 (3 h3)
28Dorota ChylakPOL2:39.38 (4 h3)
29Park Seong-WonKOR2:39.40 (2 h2)
30Lara HooiveldAUS2:39.97 (5 h3)
31Nancy ArendtLUX2:40.78 (3 h2)
32Anamarija PetričevićYUG2:40.80 (6 h3)
33Helen FrankGBR2:41.12 (4 h2)
34Heike EsserFRG2:41.34 (8 h6)
35Seto Car-WaiTPE2:42.31 (1 h1)
36Patricia BrülhartSUI2:42.82 (5 h2)
37Montserrat HidalgoCRC2:44.72 (2 h1)
38Sigrid NiehausCRC2:45.35 (6 h2)
39Alicia María BoscattoARG2:45.80 (7 h3)
40Chen HuilingCHN2:45.87 (8 h3)
41Kim ChenTPE2:50.84 (7 h2)
42Dipika ChanmugamSRI2:51.60 (3 h1)
DQValentina AracilARG– (DQ h2)

Round One (20 September 1988 — 9:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final. Places 9-16 advanced to the B Final.

Heat One

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
13Seto Car-WaiTPE2:42.31
24Montserrat HidalgoCRC2:44.72
35Dipika ChanmugamSRI2:51.60

Heat Two

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
15Karen HorningPER2:37.84
24Park Seong-WonKOR2:39.40
36Nancy ArendtLUX2:40.78
43Helen FrankGBR2:41.12
57Patricia BrülhartSUI2:42.82
61Sigrid NiehausCRC2:45.35
78Kim ChenTPE2:50.84
DQ2Valentina AracilARG

Heat Three

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
15Brigitte BecueBEL2:33.13q
27Silvia PareraESP2:35.57
31Ragnheiður RunólfsdóttirISL2:39.10
44Dorota ChylakPOL2:39.38
53Lara HooiveldAUS2:39.97
62Anamarija PetričevićYUG2:40.80
78Alicia María BoscattoARG2:45.80
86Chen HuilingCHN2:45.87

Heat Four

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Antoaneta FrenkevaBUL2:29.57Q
23Ingrid LempereurBEL2:30.07Q
36Manuela Dalla ValleITA2:30.60Q
45Svetlana KuzminaURS2:30.93q
52Annalisa NisiroITA2:32.77q
61Britta DahmFRG2:35.06
77Suki BrownsdonGBR2:36.14
88Pascaline LouvrierFRA2:38.75

Heat Five

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
13Yuliya BogachovaURS2:28.94QOR
25Tanya DangalakovaBUL2:29.91Q
34Huang XiaominCHN2:30.03Q
42Linda MoesNED2:31.98q
57Guylaine CloutierCAN2:34.36q
61Kornelia StawickaPOL2:36.86
76Hiroko NagasakiJPN2:37.44
88Pia SørensenDEN2:38.49

Heat Six

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
15Silke HörnerGDR2:27.63QOR
24Allison HigsonCAN2:29.67Q
33Susanne BörnikeGDR2:30.71q
46Tracey McFarlaneUSA2:32.11q
52Susan RappUSA2:34.21q
68Yoshie NishiokaJPN2:35.81
71Virginie BojarynFRA2:37.38
87Heike EsserFRG2:41.34

B Final (21 September 1988 — 12:00)

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Susanne BörnikeGDR2:28.55
25Svetlana KuzminaURS2:30.03
33Linda MoesNED2:30.83
42Annalisa NisiroITA2:31.19
51Susan RappUSA2:32.90
66Tracey McFarlaneUSA2:33.46
78Guylaine CloutierCAN2:33.55
87Brigitte BecueBEL2:34.10

Final (21 September 1988 — 12:00)

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Silke HörnerGDR2:26.71WR
27Huang XiaominCHN2:27.49
33Antoaneta FrenkevaBUL2:28.34
42Tanya DangalakovaBUL2:28.43
55Yuliya BogachovaURS2:28.54
61Ingrid LempereurBEL2:29.42
76Allison HigsonCAN2:29.60
88Manuela Dalla ValleITA2:29.86